A doctor in early 19th-century Germany becomes infatuated with the sister of a man he unintentionally killed and bargains with the Devil incarnate to conjure their union in exchange for his soul.
Keywords: 19th-century , accident-or-murder , autopsy , based-on-myths-legends-or-folklore , beautiful-woman , beauty , deal-with-the-devil , death-of-brother , devil , dissection , doctor , falling-in-love , faust , folklore , german-folklore , germany , human-experiment , love-at-first-sight , mother-and-daughter , myth , older-man-younger-woman-relationship , pact-with-the-devil , scientific-experiment , small-town , young-woman